February

January dragged past, and then February flew by! February is not my favourite month; it's cold and grey and I'm tired of winter (even more tired now that it's March and cold and grey). 

February was fairly quiet. There was a Very Important Baby born in the wee hours of February 1st. She is the first grandchild for some very close friends of mine, and she is all sorts of adorable.

I had a couple families over for dinner in February. I've been getting closer to each family and this was a good way to get to know them better -- especially the dads, since I'm usually with the moms and children. 

I spent a very happy afternoon with a family from the church. I don't know them as well, except the older children (there are 5 children and I had only spent time with the oldest three). They had been sick for a while and had a major vacation planned, and things were getting a bit overwhelming for mom. I went to help with whatever and ended up taking care of the children so mom could get some work done. I loved being with the children! The older ones raced Lego cars down the basement stairs to see which ones broke most spectacularly while the two littles and I cheered them one, then we had story time, we built puzzles together, and we made all sorts of Lego creations. We all had a lovely time!

My major accomplishment for the month: I finished the first draft of the first year of the Sunday School curriculum I'm writing! The next draft can't be finished until I finish teaching it in June; then I can finish the corrections and adjustments so it's ready for another teacher next year. Over the summer, I will start on year 2 and teach it next year.

That's about it for February. At the end of the month, I started booking homeschool facilitator meetings for March; things are going to be much busier for the next while.